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Sat Aug 29 2009 (Updated 09/08/09)
Poised to Steal Sacramento's Water, Nestle Moves to Sacramento
Nestle on the Prowl - Poised to Steal Sacramento's Water
On July 26, with a brief back page article, the Sacramento Bee broke the story that Nestle Waters is coming to Sacramento. A glowing article in the Business Journal and a critical article in the News and Review followed, and then the story was mostly forgotten.
Since this initial publicity, Nestle and the city of Sacramento have worked hard to quietly fast-track this project so Nestle can open its south Sacramento bottling plant in the next few months. City staff consider this project "non-discretionary," which means if all goes as planned, there will be no public comment, no city council vote and no environmental impact report.
Nestle claims that their Sacramento plant will be a "micro-bottling plant," bottling only 50 million gallons of water. According to Nestle, approximately 30 million gallons will come from Sacramento's municipal water system and 20 million will be trucked to the plant from nearby "private springs." City staff have refused to answer questions about the springs and Nestle has provided no information about their location, other than telling the Sacramento News and Review that they are in the Sierra Nevada foothills. A search of water extraction permits issued by the State of California over the last two years reveals nothing. The only clues come from other communities struggling to keep from being robbed of their water. Read more
Stop Nestle Waters | Inside the Bottle | Baby Milk Action, Boycott Nestle | Save a child today! Stop Nestlé! | Nespressure, good life good food and serial violations of workers rights | All Bottled Up: Nestlé’s Pursuit of Community Water | Should Water Be Legislated as a Human Right? | Bottled-water scam finally feels squeeze | Nestle water plant? Not in our town, Enumclaw says
Since this initial publicity, Nestle and the city of Sacramento have worked hard to quietly fast-track this project so Nestle can open its south Sacramento bottling plant in the next few months. City staff consider this project "non-discretionary," which means if all goes as planned, there will be no public comment, no city council vote and no environmental impact report.
Nestle claims that their Sacramento plant will be a "micro-bottling plant," bottling only 50 million gallons of water. According to Nestle, approximately 30 million gallons will come from Sacramento's municipal water system and 20 million will be trucked to the plant from nearby "private springs." City staff have refused to answer questions about the springs and Nestle has provided no information about their location, other than telling the Sacramento News and Review that they are in the Sierra Nevada foothills. A search of water extraction permits issued by the State of California over the last two years reveals nothing. The only clues come from other communities struggling to keep from being robbed of their water. Read more
Stop Nestle Waters | Inside the Bottle | Baby Milk Action, Boycott Nestle | Save a child today! Stop Nestlé! | Nespressure, good life good food and serial violations of workers rights | All Bottled Up: Nestlé’s Pursuit of Community Water | Should Water Be Legislated as a Human Right? | Bottled-water scam finally feels squeeze | Nestle water plant? Not in our town, Enumclaw says
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